PICUS affinis, 

 Golden-naped Woodpecker 



Generic Character. — See PI. 14. 



Specific Character. 

 P. supra aureo-fuscus, subtus pallidus,fasciis nigris transversis ornatus ; 



capite (in maribus) rubro ; nuchd colloque supra aureis ; tectricibus 



secundis fulvo maculatis ; caudd 7}igrd,fasciisfulvis ornatd. 

 Above, orange brown ; beneath, pale, with transverse black stripes ; 



head (in the male) red ; nape and neck, above, golden yellow ; 



lesser wing covers with yellowish spots ; tail black, with yellowish 



bands. 



Ornithologists have either entirely overlooked this bird, 

 or have shghtly noticed it as a variety of Picus icterocepha/us, 

 the golden-headed Woodpecker, from which it is nevertheless 

 quite distinct. 



Total length near seven inches ; bill blackish horn colour, 

 and one inch long from the gape ; the feathers on the upper 

 part of the head are short and pointed ; the tips bright red ; 

 the base black ; on the hind head they are longer, and change 

 to a bright golden yellow, which spreads round the nape ; the 

 ear feathers and front of the head are greyish brown, striped 

 down the middle with whitish, and in some there is an ap- 

 pearance of a whitish line over the eye, joining the nape. 

 The upper parts of the body and wings are of a rich golden 

 brown, with indistinct brighter spots ; the lesser wing covers 

 have a whitish spot at the top of each, forming two bands ; 

 quills on the inner shaft black, with white spots. Under 

 plumage grey, tinged on the breast with rufous, and banded 

 with brownish black ; tail short, black, with interrupted trans- 

 verse bands of obscure olive. 



The female has the head blackish, the feathers tipt with 

 dull white ; the ears darker ; the plumage above more olive, 

 the spots brighter, and the bands on the body grey, paler, and 

 more indistinct than in the male. The feet in both sexes are 

 greenish, and the wings three inches and a half long. 



It inhabits Brasil, but is not common ; I found it both iu 

 the Province of Bahia. and that of Rio de Janeiro. 



PI. 78. 



